How To Install An Overhead Garage Door Opener

If you re installing a garage door opener for the first time make sure that the opener will be located near an electrical outlet particularly of the power unit will be mounted on the ceiling.

How to install an overhead garage door opener. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. To hold the level in place tape it to the section. Choose the type of garage door opener that best suits your home. Lay the panel flat on a workbench.

The door must be level even if the floor isn t so use shims under the section to level it. The rubber gasket on the bottom section will fill the gaps created by an unlevel floor. The panels will be about 1 4 in 6 4 mm smaller than the opening step 2 lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. Order this size so the panels will be made slightly smaller fitting perfectly in the doorway.

Use a tape measure to carefully record the length and width of the opening. Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door. Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. Center and level the first section after you install the brackets.

Step 1 measure the garage door opening before purchasing panels. With a safety ring and a steel pin join the free end of the rail with the header bracket. The stripping is shaped like. Fix the door bracket in place.

After that attach the motor to the brackets and verify the rail is perfectly horizontal with a bubble level. Install an outlet or have one installed by an electrician as needed.